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Reijo S. Tilvis is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields such as Health, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Their recent publications include:

  • "Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Analgesic Treatment Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Changes from 1999 to 2019," 2021, Drugs & Aging
  • "Symptom Burden Is Associated with Psychological Wellbeing and Mortality in Older Adults," 2020, The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • "Secular trends in functional abilities, health and psychological well-being among community-dwelling 75- to 95-year-old cohorts over three decades in Helsinki, Finland," 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • "Monetary value of informal caregiving in dementia from a societal perspective," 2020, Age and Ageing
  • "Secular trends in frailty among community-dwelling 75-95-year-old cohorts over three decades in Helsinki, Finland," 2024, Age and Ageing

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Age and Ageing
  • Drugs & Aging
  • The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Collaborations form a significant part of their output, with frequent co-authors being Hannu Kautiainen, Timo Strandberg, Kaisu Pitkälä, Tuuli Lehti, and Mia Knuutila. Each of these collaborators has contributed to at least six joint publications with Reijo S. Tilvis.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of aortic valve abnormalities in the elderly: An echocardiographic study of a random population sample☆

    Magnus Lindroos;Markku Kupari;Juhani Heikkilä;Reijo Tilvis

  • SERUM PLANT STEROLS AND CHOLESTEROL PRECURSORS REFLECT CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION AND SYNTHESIS IN VOLUNTEERS OF A RANDOMLY SELECTED MALE POPULATION

    T A Miettinen;R S Tilvis;Y A Kesäniemi

  • Predictors and subjective causes of loneliness in an aged population.

    N Savikko;Pirkko Routasalo;Reijo Tilvis;Timo E Strandberg

  • Predictors of cognitive decline and mortality of aged people over a 10-year period

    Reijo S Tilvis;Mervi H Kähönen-Väre;Juha Jolkkonen;Jaakko Valvanne

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • White matter changes in healthy elderly persons correlate with attention and speed of mental processing.

    Raija Ylikoski;Ari Ylikoski;Timo Erkinjuntti;Raimo Sulkava

  • White Matter Hyperintensities on MRI in the Neurologically Nondiseased Elderly Analysis of Cohorts of Consecutive Subjects Aged 55 to 85 Years Living at Home

    Ari Ylikoski;Timo Erkinjuntti;Raili Raininko;Seppo Sarna

  • Serum plant sterols and their relation to cholesterol absorption.

    R S Tilvis;T A Miettinen

  • Social contacts and their relationship to loneliness among aged people - a population-based study.

    Pirkko E. Routasalo;Niina Savikko;Reijo S. Tilvis;Timo E. Strandberg

  • Factors associated with calcific aortic valve degeneration in the elderly

    Lindroos M;Kupari M;Valvanne J;Strandberg T

  • C-Reactive Protein, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Mortality in a Prospective Study in the Elderly

    Timo E. Strandberg;Reijo S. Tilvis

  • Inverse Correlation between Serum Testosterone and Leptin in Men

    Virve Luukkaa;Ullamari Pesonen;Ilpo Huhtaniemi;Aapo Lehtonen

  • Effects of the Finnish Alzheimer disease exercise trial (FINALEX): a randomized controlled trial.

    Kaisu H. Pitkälä;Minna M. Pöysti;Marja-Liisa Laakkonen;Reijo S. Tilvis

  • Congestive heart failure in old age: prevalence, mechanisms and 4‐year prognosis in the Helsinki Ageing Study

    M Kupari;M Lindroos;A M Iivanainen;J Heikkilä

  • Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis

    David Wormser;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;Angela M. Wood

  • Serum cholestanol and plant sterol levels in relation to cholesterol metabolism in middle-aged men.

    T.A. Miettinen;R.S. Tilvis;Y.A. Kesäniemi

  • Lipid-lowering response to statins is affected by CYP3A5 polymorphism.

    Kari T Kivistö;Mikko Niemi;Elke Schaeffeler;Kaisu Pitkälä

  • Association Between Salivary Flow Rate and the Use of Systemic Medication Among 76-, 81-, and 86-year-old Inhabitants in Helsinki, Finland

    T.O. Narhi;J.H. Meurman;A. Ainamo;J.M. Nevalainen

  • Prospective study of Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and cardiovascular diseases in a general elderly population

    Timo E Strandberg;Reijo S Tilvis;Matti Vuoristo;Magnus Lindroos

  • Serum plant sterols and their relation to cholesterol

    Reijo S Tilvis;Tatu A Miettinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo E. Strandberg
Timo E. Strandberg University of Helsinki
Kaisu H. Pitkälä
Kaisu H. Pitkälä University of Helsinki
Tatu A. Miettinen
Tatu A. Miettinen University of Helsinki
Hannu Kautiainen
Hannu Kautiainen University of Helsinki
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Timo Erkinjuntti
Timo Erkinjuntti University of Helsinki
Raimo Sulkava
Raimo Sulkava University of Eastern Finland
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Timo U. Kosunen
Timo U. Kosunen University of Helsinki
Martti Färkkilä
Martti Färkkilä University of Helsinki

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